Detroit Pistons
in seven games in the NBA Finals drew a championship series record 141,416 fans, and helped the league set a record for total attendance in a season.

The league brought in 22,935,057 fans during the regular season and the playoffs, breaking the record of 21,855,125 set last year. The average attendance figure of 17,454 was also a record, topping the 17,341 mark from 1995-96.

OLYMPICS

New York unveils new stadium plan

The committee organizing New York's bid for the 2012 Olympics released the first drawing of the proposed Queens stadium that would be converted into an Olympic Stadium if the city is awarded the games.

The New York Mets plan to build the $600 million stadium, which would become the team's new home by 2009.

Slogan picked for Beijing Games

The slogan for the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be "One World, One Dream."

This slogan "embodies the common aspiration of the 1.3 billion Chinese people in establishing a world of peace and better future," said Liu Qi, president of Beijing's Olympic organizing committee.

COLLEGES

Gottfried re-signs with Crimson Tide

The deal, with a $200,000 base salary and $800,000 in talent fees, makes Gottfried, 41, the first Alabama basketball coach to reach the $1 million mark. Gottfried became the school's coach in 1998, going 143-83.

SOFTBALL

Freed, Thunder shut out Riptide

Amanda Freed
picked up her first shutout of the season against the New England Riptide, helping the Thunder to a 4-0 victory in pro fast-pitch action at Lowell, Mass.